My Table Quotes
39 quotes by 37 authors
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When I sit at my table to write, I never know what it's going to be until I'm under way. I trust in inspiration, which…
— Alberto Moravia
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I like doing food as a focal point on my table. It is not like going out and buying flowers or candles, which are expensive.
— Sandra Lee
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I love animals to the extent that my home is my dog's home! Which means that nothing is too good for my Freckles-chairs, couches, beds.…
— Kate Smith
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There are moments when I cannot bear this unremitting consciousness. It knows only itself. Awake, I am in a continuum with my dreams. I feel…
— E L Doctorow
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I have great love for St. Joseph, because he is a man of silence and strength. On my table I have a statue of St.…
— Pope Francis
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My table is now brightly, now dimly lighted. Its temperature varies. It may receive an ink stain. One of its legs may be broken. It…
— Ernst Mach
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A good book is the very essence of a good man. His virtues survive in it, while the foibles and faults of his actual life…
— Theodore L. Cuyler
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Only those who went hungry with me and stood by me when I went through a bad time at some point in life will eat…
— Pablo Escobar
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God, on the other side of my table, composes His book whose smoke envelops me: for the flame of my candle is His pen.
— Edmond Jabes
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I want no criticism of America at my table. The Americans criticize themselves more than enough.
— Winston Churchill
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The fact is I'm an opportunist. I'll take materials around me, materials on my table, and work with them as I'm searching for an idea…
— Frank Gehry
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I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.
— Emma Goldman
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My table seats eight, so that's my maximum. Having a small number of guests is the only way to generate good conversation. Besides, your whole…
— Paul Lynde
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It really bothers me when people don't use coasters. Particularly on my table.
— Reese Witherspoon
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The new light above my table is a great improvement. With all this darkness around me I feel less alone. (Pause.) In a way. (Pause.)…
— Samuel Beckett
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You’re a slave? (Eleni) I was. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have come here. (Acheron) Take your cloak off and sit, Acheron. You’ve done nothing to…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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I have on my table a violin string. It is free to move in any direction I like. If I twist one end, it responds;…
— Rabindranath Tagore
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But he [Depression] just gives me that dark smile, settles into my favorite chair, puts his feet on my table and lights a cigar, filling…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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Humility is my table, respect is my garment, empathy is my food and curiosity is my drink. As for love, it has a thousand names…
— Tariq Ramadan
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Everyone watched, wondering if this could be the same lunatic who'd nearly berthed his ornithopter in the restaurant. I swallowed, for it seemed he was…
— Kenneth Oppel
Who Wrote These My Table Quotes
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